diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
index 3d355d054612..aff1b0cfd4b2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int scsi_send_eh_cmnd(struct scsi_cmnd *scmd, unsigned char *cmnd,
 	memcpy(scmd->cmnd, cmnd, cmnd_size);
 
 	if (copy_sense) {
-		int gfp_mask = GFP_ATOMIC;
+		gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
 		if (shost->hostt->unchecked_isa_dma)
 			gfp_mask |= __GFP_DMA;